# Bakers Dozen **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [August 4, 2010, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173 "2010-08-04T17:56:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2772
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2017, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55427 "2017-10-19T12:35:04Z")
Legends of Hollywood Horror!!! 1. Bela Lugosi (Dracula, etc.) 2. Ray Harryhausen 3. Lon Chaney Sr. (The Man of a Thousand Faces!) 4. Claude Rains (The Invisible Man) 5. Val Lewton 6. Christopher Lee 7. Boris Karloff 8. Lon Chaney Jr. (Wolfman) 9. Vincent Price 10. Peter Lorre ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2017, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55428 "2017-10-19T12:40:27Z")
Legends of Hollywood Horror!!! 1. Bela Lugosi (Dracula, etc.) 2. Ray Harryhausen 3. Lon Chaney Sr. (The Man of a Thousand Faces!) 4. Claude Rains (The Invisible Man) 5. Val Lewton 6. Christopher Lee 7. Boris Karloff 8. Lon Chaney Jr. (Wolfman) 9. Vincent Price 10. Peter Lorre 11. Robert Englund (Freddy) ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2017, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55429 "2017-10-19T13:00:13Z")
Legends of Hollywood Horror!!! 1. Bela Lugosi (Dracula, etc.) 2. Ray Harryhausen 3. Lon Chaney Sr. (The Man of a Thousand Faces!) 4. Claude Rains (The Invisible Man) 5. Val Lewton 6. Christopher Lee 7. Boris Karloff 8. Lon Chaney Jr. (Wolfman) 9. Vincent Price 10. Peter Lorre 11. Robert Englund (Freddy) 12. Rick Baker ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2017, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55430 "2017-10-19T13:11:26Z")
ongs that originated in movie soundtracks but whose popularity exceeded the source to the point that most people are unaware of the connection. 1. Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door by Bob Dylan, from Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid, 1973 2. Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head by Hal David and Burt Bacharach, from Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, 1969 3. “Unchained Melody”, which nobody seems to know was originally the theme to a movie called Unchained. 4. “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas,” sung by Judy Garland for the movie Meet Me in St. Louis 5. “Tubular Bells” from The Exorcist 6. “That’s What Friends Are For,” originally sung by Rod Stewart for the Night Shift (Henry Winkler comedy) soundtrack 7. “We Need A Little Christmas” written for Mame, and originally sung by Angela Landsbury. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2017, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55431 "2017-10-19T14:11:22Z")
Legends of Hollywood Horror!!! 1. Bela Lugosi (Dracula, etc.) 2. Ray Harryhausen 3. Lon Chaney Sr. (The Man of a Thousand Faces!) 4. Claude Rains (The Invisible Man) 5. Val Lewton 6. Christopher Lee 7. Boris Karloff 8. Lon Chaney Jr. (Wolfman) 9. Vincent Price 10. Peter Lorre 11. Robert Englund (Freddy) 12. Rick Baker 13. James Whale Next: **Buddha\_David** ’s got skipped upthread… Ready-made celebrity endorsements 1. Bruce Campbell’s Soup 2. Harrison Ford Mustang ---
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2017, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55432 "2017-10-19T14:19:34Z")
Ready-made celebrity endorsements 1. Bruce Campbell’s Soup 2. Harrison Ford Mustang 3. Dwayne Johnson & Johnson ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2017, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55433 "2017-10-19T14:42:56Z")
Ready-made celebrity endorsements 1. Bruce Campbell’s Soup 2. Harrison Ford Mustang 3. Dwayne Johnson & Johnson 4. Kanye Westinghouse ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2017, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55434 "2017-10-19T16:19:53Z")
Ready-made celebrity endorsements 1. Bruce Campbell’s Soup 2. Harrison Ford Mustang 3. Dwayne Johnson & Johnson 4. Kanye Westinghouse 5. Carrie Fisher-Price ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2017, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55435 "2017-10-19T16:23:55Z")
Ready-made celebrity endorsements 1. Bruce Campbell’s Soup 2. Harrison Ford Mustang 3. Dwayne Johnson & Johnson 4. Kanye Westinghouse 5. Carrie Fisher-Price 6. Milton Bradley ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2017, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55436 "2017-10-19T16:44:06Z")
Ready-made celebrity endorsements 1. Bruce Campbell’s Soup 2. Harrison Ford Mustang 3. Dwayne Johnson & Johnson 4. Kanye Westinghouse 5. Carrie Fisher-Price 6. Milton Bradley 7. Warren Berger King ---
**Author:** ![PigArcher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bcef8e/32.png) [@PigArcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PigArcher)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2017, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55437 "2017-10-19T16:52:04Z")
Ready-made celebrity endorsements 1. Bruce Campbell’s Soup 2. Harrison Ford Mustang 3. Dwayne Johnson & Johnson 4. Kanye Westinghouse 5. Carrie Fisher-Price 6. Milton Bradley 7. Warren Berger King 8. Houston Astroglide ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2017, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55438 "2017-10-19T16:55:17Z")
Ready-made celebrity endorsements 1. Bruce Campbell’s Soup 2. Harrison Ford Mustang 3. Dwayne Johnson & Johnson 4. Kanye Westinghouse 5. Carrie Fisher-Price 6. Milton Bradley 7. Warren Berger King 8. Houston Astroglide 9. Fiona Applebee’s ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2017, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55439 "2017-10-19T17:55:12Z")
Ready-made celebrity endorsements 1. Bruce Campbell’s Soup 2. Harrison Ford Mustang 3. Dwayne Johnson & Johnson 4. Kanye Westinghouse 5. Carrie Fisher-Price 6. Milton Bradley 7. Warren Berger King 8. Houston Astroglide 9. Fiona Applebee’s 10. Armie & Hammer ---
**Author:** ![Thin\_Ice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@Thin\_Ice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thin_Ice)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2017, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55440 "2017-10-19T18:20:34Z")
Ready-made celebrity endorsements 1. Bruce Campbell’s Soup 2. Harrison Ford Mustang 3. Dwayne Johnson & Johnson 4. Kanye Westinghouse 5. Carrie Fisher-Price 6. Milton Bradley 7. Warren Berger King 8. Houston Astroglide 9. Fiona Applebee’s 10. Armie & Hammer 11. Bernie Mac Tools ---
**Author:** ![Iggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iggy/32/3364_2.png) [@Iggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iggy)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2017, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55441 "2017-10-19T19:01:04Z")
Ready-made celebrity endorsements 1. Bruce Campbell’s Soup 2. Harrison Ford Mustang 3. Dwayne Johnson & Johnson 4. Kanye Westinghouse 5. Carrie Fisher-Price 6. Milton Bradley 7. Warren Berger King 8. Houston Astroglide 9. Fiona Applebee’s 10. Armie & Hammer 11. Bernie Mac Tools 12. Warren Old Country Buffet ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2017, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55442 "2017-10-19T19:11:25Z")
Ready-made celebrity endorsements 1. Bruce Campbell’s Soup 2. Harrison Ford Mustang 3. Dwayne Johnson & Johnson 4. Kanye Westinghouse 5. Carrie Fisher-Price 6. Milton Bradley 7. Warren Berger King 8. Houston Astroglide 9. Fiona Applebee’s 10. Armie & Hammer 11. Bernie Mac Tools 12. Warren Old Country Buffet 13. Sporty (or Scary or Baby or Posh) Old Spice New: “Classic” Characters from TV Commercials 14. Josephine the plumber, for Comet cleanser ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2017, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55443 "2017-10-19T19:48:09Z")
New: “Classic” Characters from TV Commercials 1. Josephine the plumber, for Comet cleanser 2. The most interesting man in the world, Dos Equis beer ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2017, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55444 "2017-10-19T19:55:08Z")
“Classic” Characters from TV Commercials 1. Josephine the plumber, for Comet cleanser 2. The most interesting man in the world, Dos Equis beer 3. Mr. Wilson, who does not want you squeezing the Chramin ---
**Author:** ![RadioWave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/91b2a8/32.png) [@RadioWave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RadioWave)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2017, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55445 "2017-10-19T20:06:34Z")
“Classic” Characters from TV Commercials 1. Josephine the plumber, for Comet cleanser 2. The most interesting man in the world, Dos Equis beer 3. Mr. Wilson, who does not want you squeezing the Charmin 4. [Punchy](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86IpU3g-S8Q), for Hawaiian Punch ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2017, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55446 "2017-10-19T20:09:33Z")
“Classic” Characters from TV Commercials 1. Josephine the plumber, for Comet cleanser 2. The most interesting man in the world, Dos Equis beer 3. Mr. Whipple, who does not want you squeezing the Charmin 4. Punchy, for Hawaiian Punch 5. Madge for Palmolive “You’re soaking in it.” \*\* Also changed Mr. Wilson to Mr. Whipple. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=2771) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=2773)